Thesaurus / pledge
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
Two days after China’s announcement on export controls, ByteDance issued a contrite pledge to “strictly follow” the new rules.
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As lots of companies make pledges and commitments, people fear this will be another hot news cycle, and the conversation about race in corporate America is going to die off.
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That’s the question employees inside media companies are starting to ask about their employers’ diversity and inclusion pledges.
Oxford backed off from its open-license pledge after the Gates Foundation urged it to find a big-company partner to get its vaccine to market.
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The pledge made last year was for the long term, as the business leaders committed to “the future success of our companies, our communities, and our country.”
It signed five-year agreements with Xcel and Centerpoint Energy and forged a so-called clean power partnership, which leverages the power of public scrutiny over company pledges to help the city meet its greenhouse gas reduction goals.
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They want and require a long-term solution to their digital needs — not just voluntary pledges that end in the middle of a pandemic.
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His pledge to give away his fortune only got harder as his fortune continued to rise.
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That his friend had withdrawn, was a pledge of his pacific wishes; and, with a lightened countenance, Louis rose from his knee.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTER
They accepted baptism as a sort of sacred pledge of friendship and alliance with the French.
WORDS RELATED TO PLEDGE
- address oneself
- agree
- answer for
- bargain
- begin
- commence
- commit
- commit oneself
- contract
- covenant
- devote
- embark
- endeavor
- enter upon
- fall into
- go about
- go for
- go in for
- go into
- guarantee
- have a hand in
- have a try
- hazard
- initiate
- launch
- make a run at
- move
- offer
- pitch in
- pledge
- promise
- set about
- set in motion
- set out
- shoulder
- stake
- stipulate
- tackle
- take on
- take the plunge
- take upon oneself
- try
- try out
- venture
- volunteer
- address oneself
- agree
- answer for
- bargain
- begin
- commence
- commit
- commit oneself
- contract
- covenant
- devote
- embark
- endeavor
- enter upon
- fall into
- go about
- go for
- go in for
- go into
- guarantee
- have a hand in
- have a try
- hazard
- initiate
- launch
- make a run at
- move
- offer
- pitch in
- pledge
- promise
- set about
- set in motion
- set out
- shoulder
- stake
- stipulate
- tackle
- take on
- take the plunge
- take upon oneself
- try
- try out
- venture
- volunteer
- address oneself
- agree
- answer for
- bargain
- begin
- commence
- commit
- commit oneself
- contract
- covenant
- devote
- embark
- endeavor
- enter upon
- fall into
- go about
- go for
- go in for
- go into
- guarantee
- have a hand in
- have a try
- hazard
- initiate
- launch
- make a run at
- move
- offer
- pitch in
- pledge
- promise
- set about
- set in motion
- set out
- shoulder
- stake
- stipulate
- tackle
- take on
- take the plunge
- take upon oneself
- try
- try out
- venture
- volunteer
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